At the top of the list of those concerned is state Sen. Fred Mills, a Republican who has championed MMJ for years in the Legislature.

Mills told The Advocate that he’s heard from multiple licensed pharmacies that plan on dispensing MMJ that they’re going to have a tough time staying in the black.

“They’ve said, ‘When I look at the numbers, when I look at the disease states, and the amount of recommendations it will generate, this business model is going to be tough to be profitable,'” Mills told the newspaper.

There’s a move underway to expand the list of qualifying conditions for MMJ – and therefore expand the number of patients who will be able to purchase cannabis – but it’s unclear whether that push will be successful.

Current state law lists only 10 ailments and does not include chronic or intractable pain.

That has put pharmacies that have pursued MMJ licenses in a dicey financial situation, according to The Advocate.

MMJ companies in other states with restrictive programs – such as Minnesota and New York – have faced similar quandaries.

sales will not begin in September because not a single nail has been put into a building (only 2 facilities in the whole state) that will house the cannabis grow. the plants will take 4-5 months to grow and they need to get clones to begin with, and that process hasn’t even started. maybe cones harvested at the end of 2018, beginning of 2019.
maybe.

How will it be possible to have more than the two? Advanced Biomedics w SU and the Vegas company working w LSU? As far as I’ve read the state is not issuing grow licenses to anyone else…so what buildings for “cannabis grow” are you speaking of? I know in theory we will need more soon but I would think the two would just expand ops. But I’m hoping they DO issue grow permits.